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Daily Dish: 3/18/2014

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03/18/2014 07:41:12 AM EDT

Savannah Guthrie walks the runway at the Red Dress Collection 2013 Fashion Show in New York, Feb. 6, 2013. Guthrie has gotten married, and she used the occasion to announce she s expecting her first child.

'Today' host Savannah Guthrie married, expecting

"Today" anchor Savannah Guthrie has gotten married, and she used the occasion to announce she's expecting her first child.

Guthrie and Mike Feldman, a 45-year-old communications strategist, tied the knot Saturday near her hometown of Tucson, Ariz. It was there she told her guests she's four months pregnant.

Guthrie's on-air "Today" colleagues were among those on hand for the wedding ceremony.

The marriage-and-baby twofer was revealed to the rest of the world on Monday's edition of "Today," with Guthrie back in New York at the NBC morning show.

Beside her at the anchor desk, Matt Lauer reported she was "a beautiful bride."

The 42-year-old Guthrie said she was happy to go public with her pregnancy, because "I can't suck in this gut anymore."

Kiss, Def Leppard pair up for summer tour

Kiss and Def Leppard are joining forces for a summer tour.

The legendary bands will embark on a U.S. tour June 23 in West Valley City, Utah. They will play more than 40 dates, including Los Angeles; Austin, Texas; Nashville, Tenn.; Atlanta; and Tampa, Fla. The tour wraps Aug. 31 in Woodlands, Texas.

Tickets go on sale Friday.

Kiss and Def Leppard are partnering with various military companies for the tour to support U.S. troops, including the United Service Organizations Inc. and Hiring Our Heroes.

Kiss will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next month.

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This year marks Kiss' 40th anniversary.

'The Bold and the Beautiful' lands in the Emirates

The American soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful" is taking the show on the road again, this time all the way to the money-soaked shores of the Arabian Peninsula.

Cast members including Katherine Kelly Lang and Don Diamont began filming scenes Monday overlooking Dubai's skyscraper-studded skyline. Among the sights they're taking in are the city's main man-made palm-shaped island and the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa.

The crew of the show, which celebrates its 27th anniversary on air next week, will continue filming down the coast in the United Arab Emirates capital of Abu Dhabi.

"Daytime shows don't typically get out on location, certainly not the way we have," Diamont, who plays businessman Bill Spencer on the show, told The Associated Press during a break from filming. "I think for the fans it's very entertaining to show these exotic locales."

B-52s' Fred Schneider says don't eat the lobster

One of the founders of the quirky rock band The B-52s is using the 35th anniversary of its hit "Rock Lobster" to reiterate his opposition to eating them.

Fred Schneider says he stopped eating crustaceans at age 4 after going crabbing with family in New Jersey and watching them boiled alive. The lifelong vegetarian said in video narrated for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals that he views crabs and lobsters not as seafood but as "sea life."

Schneider got the idea for "Rock Lobster" when a projector displayed images including lobsters on a grill at an Atlanta disco. He said he thought, "Rock this, rock that... rock lobster!"

The band jammed on the title and the song was born. The band's other hits include "Love Shack" and "Roam."

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